ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WKBW) — When the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs meet, all eyes are on the two men in the middle.

On Sunday, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes will face each other for the eighth time in their careers. Mahomes leads the match with four wins and three losses.

But what gives Mahomes the edge is the magnitude of his wins. Despite his admirable performances, Allen was defeated in all three playoff games between the Bills and Chiefs.

“Well, I know we couldn’t beat them in the playoffs, so that’s all that matters,” Allen said Wednesday.

“You play the best of the best, and that’s what you want in this league,” Mahomes said. “I’ve been able to compete against Josh so many times and it seems like every match is coming to an end and he’s a guy that competes and he’s got that fire, I think you can see the fire that he plays with and it kind of goes through his whole team.”

A three-time Super Bowl champion, Mahomes is considered the best player in the NFL and a generational talent. For Allen, that’s what he’s after, but being in the same conversation with the league’s best is an honor he can’t take lightly.

“He does some things you don’t see from anyone else, so it’s cool to be associated with him from a football standpoint,” Allen said. “But I don’t really get too caught up in it, I just try to focus on what I can do for the Buffalo Bills.”

“They are both competitors and the best quarterbacks in the league,” Bills receiver Spencer Brown said. “This is a good matchup between two really good teams as well as the AFC. I’m sure a lot of people are talking about it and the cameras will be there, so we just have to go out and do what we do and hope for the best outcome possible.”

You can watch Allen’s entire press conference below, starting Wednesday.

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen speaks ahead of Sunday’s showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs